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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. MURPHY AND JAMES J. BOLTON, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

ADVERTISING-POSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28," 1911. Serial No. 578,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gnonen O. MURPHY and JAMES J. BOLTON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at- Owensboro, in the county of Daviess andState of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising-Posters, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to advertising posters adapted to be supported.on the axle spindle of a vehicle and has for its object to provide animproved device of this kind which will be firmly held in place andwhich may be rigidly secured to and removed from its position on theaxle nut.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of animproved advertising device and in details of construction thereof ashereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:-Fignre 1 shows a vehicle with anadvertising device attached thereto in ac cordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the advertising device. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail view of a portion of the device for attaching the deviceto the vehicle. Fig. l is an enlarged detail view showing the axle nutof the vehicle and the advertising device secured thereto. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of the device shown in Fig. 4.

1 indicates the axle nut of the vehicle. The axle spindle is formed witha rectangular shank 2 having at one end a reduced portion 3 over whichis secured a plate 4:, having a central opening 5 in which theprojection 3 is seated. To the plate 4 is secured the advertising device(3 which, as here shown, consists of a plate adapted to have anysuitable advertisement thereon. The plate 6 is secured to the shank 2 bymeans of a screw 7 engaging the projection 3. In order that the platemay be adjusted to proper position when the nut is secured in place,suitable means is provided for ad justing the plate 6, as, for example,the curved slot 8 in the plate 4 parallel with its periphery, throughwhich projects a screw or bolt 9 secured to the plate 6 and held inadjustable position by nut 10. It will be seen that by means of thisconstruction advertisements may be readily attached to and detached fromthe vehicle axle spindle.

Having claim z- An advertising device of the character describedcomprising a nut-member provided with a threaded socket formed in oneend thereof adapted to fit on the end of an axle, a square shank-portionformed intermediate its ends for facilitating the tightening of saidnut-member upon the end of an axle, said nut-member provided With areduced projection at its outer end thereby constituting an abutmentshoulder at the junction of said reduced portion, with said shankportion, a circular plate provided with a centrally arranged aperturefitting over said reduced portion, the inner face of said plate engagingsaid abutment shoulder, an advertising plate engaging the outer face ofsaid circular plate, a screw passing through said advertising plate andengaging the threaded socket formed in the outer end of said reducedportion for clamping said advertising plate against the said circularplate and said circular plate against said shoulder, said circular plateprovided with a curved slot, a screw carried by said advertising plateand working in said slot for allowing the adjustment of said advertisingplate on said circular plate, and means working upon said screw forclamping said advertising plate in a set position.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEO. O. MURPHY. JAMES J. BOLTON. lVitnesses E. W. Ross, C. W. WELLS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

described our invention, we

